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• • AGENDA ITEM VI B STAFF ORIGINATOR: Mary Kay Wyland DATE: January 12, 2000 TOPIC: Thomas McDonough, 25 Ash Street, Minor Subdivision And Variance DESCRIPTION OF REQUEST: Mr. Tom McDonough is the owner of two parcels of property in the south /west corner of the City. Parcel 1A contains 2.47 acres and a single family home, Parcel 2A contains 2.82 acres, the total site is 5.29 acres. The City's Zoning Ordinance requires a minimum of 10 acres as the property is Zoned Rural, guided rural in the existing land us plan and located outside the MUSA boundary. However, both parcels are considered pre- existing non- conforming lots of record. The vacant parcel is buildable as it exists. The draft comprehensive plan guides the area for residential and the specific parcels for medium density residential. Mr. McDonough is asking for a minor subdivision that would allow the sale of the existing home on a one acre lot with the combination of the balance of the site and potential sale of that parcel as a 4.24 +/- acre parcel. There is a large wetland on the north /west corner of the property which would not preclude any future construction on that parcel. The surrounding property is described as follows: East side North side South side West side - one 39,000 sq. ft. lot with a SF home, unsewered - three 45,000 sq. ft. lots with SF homes, unsewered - sewered residential development in Shoreview - large wetland adjacent to sewered residential development in Circle Pines A feasibility study was prepared by the City in 1997 to determine the cost of extending utilities to this property and others on Baldwin Lake Road. At that time 34 units were proposed for this site. No further action has been taken on this extension. It would be cost prohibitive to extend utilities to this property without a substantial redevelopment of the site. The Zoning Ordinance provides "Habitable single family homes constructed prior to July 13, 1992 may reduce their lot size to a minimum of one (1) acre if the balance of the property results in a parcel of ten (10) acres, or is serviced by public sewer...." Although this division will not create a parcel 10 acres in size, it will provide a larger parcel than currently exists which is more in keeping with the intent of the ordinance.